purga

See also: purgá and пурга

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Finnic *purkuder.

Finnicbor.

Russian пурга́ (purgá)bor.

English purga

From Russian пурга́ (purgá), from a Finnic source such as southern Karelian purgu or Veps purg (“snowstorm”).

Noun

purga (plural purgas)

1. A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
   • 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 191:

     When the black purga blows it can pile the snow higher than a ship's mast overnight.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpur.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -urɡa
• Hyphenation: pùr‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

purga f (plural purghe)

1. purgative, purge, laxative

   Synonyms: purgante, lassativo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

purga

1. inflection of purgare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

pūrgā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pūrgō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuɦ.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʁ.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuɦ.ɡɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.ɡɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpuʁ.ɡɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɻ.ɡɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuɾ.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuɾ.ɣɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾ.ɡɐ/

• Hyphenation: pur‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

purga f (plural purgas)

1. purge (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 2

Verb

purga

1. inflection of purgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “purga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “purga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French purger, from Latin purgare.

Verb

a purga (third-person singular present purghează, past participle purgat) 1st conjugation

1. to purge

Conjugation

    conjugation of purga (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a purga
gerund			purgând
past participle			purgat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	purghez	purghezi	purghează	purgăm	purgați	purghează
	imperfect	purgam	purgai	purga	purgam	purgați	purgau
	simple perfect	purgai	purgași	purgă	purgarăm	purgarăți	purgară
	pluperfect	purgasem	purgaseși	purgase	purgaserăm	purgaserăți	purgaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să purghez	să purghezi	să purgheze	să purgăm	să purgați	să purgheze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		purghează			purgați
	negative		nu purga			nu purgați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuɾɡa/ [ˈpuɾ.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -uɾɡa
• Syllabification: pur‧ga

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Italic *pūr?

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ōder.

Latin -igō

Latin purgōlbor.

Old Spanish purgar

Spanish purgardeverb.

Spanish purga

Deverbal from purgar.

Noun

purga f (plural purgas)

1. purge

Etymology 2

Verb

purga

1. inflection of purgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “purga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Italic *pūr?

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ōder.

Latin -igō

Latin purgōlbor.

Old Spanish purgar

Spanish purgardeverb.

Spanish purgabor.

Tagalog purga

Borrowed from Spanish purga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puɾˈɡa/ [pʊɾˈɡ̠a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pur‧ga

Noun

purgá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜄ)

1. (medicine) purgative; cathartic; laxative

   Synonyms: pampadumi, katarsis, purgante, laksante

2. act of purging

Derived terms

• ipurga
• magpurga
• pagpurga
• pampurga
• pumurga
• purgahin

Related terms

• purgatoryo

References

• “purga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018